So the Dallas Mavericks have completely lost their minds

[LinvilleGorge]

Trading 25 year old five time 1st team NBA PG Luca Doncic for 32 year old Anthony Smith and scraps. What in the world???

[Toker Smurf]

17 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Trading 25 year old five time 1st team NBA PG Luca Doncic for 32 year old Anthony Smith and scraps. What in the world???

Crazy. Davis is always hurt and will be 32 next month. 

[jayboogieman]

Even worse,

Cuban and Co just made one of the biggest blunders in NBA history.

[PNW_PantherMan]

What the hell haha.  I thought this was a joke when I saw it.  Dallas betting on Luka going on the Zion diet and getting fatter until he can't play anymore.  That's the only explanation.

[PNW_PantherMan]

Probably Lebron's best move so far as GM

[LinvilleGorge]

If you were entertaining trading him why not put him on the auction block? You would've definitely got way better offers than that. I mean, if you're going to trade with the Lakers at least demand a decent young building block back from them like Dalton Knecht or SOMETHING. This is just baffling unless the league brass knows something about Doncic that drastically reduces his value. Something off the court or some underlying injury issue that is going to cut his prime short or something. Because this just flat out doesn't make sense. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Look what they posted literally hours before trading Luka. Hot damn, what a kick in the nuts for Mavs fans. LOLOLOL

https://www.facebook.com/dallasmavs/videos/1654022895200717/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

[jayboogieman]

2 hours ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

Probably Lebron's best move so far as GM

Supposedly this trade caught Lebron by surprise too.

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

Supposedly this trade caught Lebron by surprise too.

I could see it. I mean, if it's true that the Lakers initiated the conversation let's just play this out. News broke well into Friday evening. This honest to god feels like something where the Lakers' GM is throwing down beers with buddies and they hype him up to make the wildest trade offer he can think up just because fug it, why not? HOLY FUG THEY ACTUALLY SAID YES!!!! LOLOLOLOL

[frankw]

At first glance it's a baffling trade to say the least. Even if the Mavs were concerned about his conditioning and injuries he's still only 25 years old. The Mavs haven't been known to be a poorly run org. That is not to say they are right or wrong here. But there's got to be more than they are letting on about. This will be interesting to revisit in a few years.

[PNW_PantherMan]

Even if you wanted to sell Luka, why would you accept a 31 year old AD as the return?  All Dallas has is guys past their prime now.

[LinvilleGorge]

23 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

Even if you wanted to sell Luka, why would you accept a 31 year old AD as the return?  All Dallas has is guys past their prime now.

Bingo. Even if you want to sell you want to get a good price. They just sold Manhattan real estate at a Charlotte price.

[Raleigh PF]

I give Davis about 10 games with the Mavs before suffering a season-ending injury.

[Daddy_Uncle]

Lakers must have had some dirt on Dallas. I have no idea how this happens